Founder’s Talk EP2 ｜Kite AI Co-Founder & CEO: Is Agent the Key to the Future of Payments? The Round Trip’s new series, 'Founder’s Talk,' is a podcast dedicated to in-depth conversations with crypto project founders, offering firsthand insights and philosophies from crypto builders. In this episode, we invited @GoKiteAI Co-Founder and CEO Chi Zhang @ChiZhangData. From AI research to founding a data infrastructure startup, she is now focused on one of the most promising topics in the crypto industry: how to build the next-generation payment system for Agents. In this episode, we’ll dive into: - Why the data bottleneck remains the core challenge for AI development - Why Agentic Payment is the next big breakthrough - How Kite is collaborating with Brevis to introduce a trusted transaction framework - Kite’s fundraising strategy: more than just funding, it’s about resource connections - Out of thousands of paths, how Kite aims to identify the five that will ultimately succeed Timeline: 00:00 Opening 00:07 Kite AI and Founder Chi Zhang 02:01 Chi Zhang’s journey in AI and data 05:12 Data bottlenecks remain the core challenge for AI 09:19 The rise and trends of Agent payments 12:46 More than fundraising: building resource connections 15:55 Partnering with Brevis to establish a trust foundation for Agent transactions 19:25 Vision for the future of payments